EVENT'S PROFILE:

SIOF 2017 - The 17th China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair will take place on Feb.15-17, 2017 at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, China.

It's estimated that The 17th China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair (SIOF 2017) will cover the exhibition area of over 70 ,000 m², gathering more than 800 exhibitors and nearly 70,000 times of trade visitors attend to the show.

Orient International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (OIEC) was founded in 1996. The team that formed the company was the same group of experts who masterminded the international optical industry exhibition for China.

In 1997, when the optical exhibition came to its 10th anniversary, the organizers - the China Optometric & Optical Association (COOA) and the China Light Industrial Corp. for Foreign Economic Technical Cooperation (CLETC) invited Orient International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (OIEC) to be the co-organizer of the international optical exhibition for China, responsible for overseas promotion and recruiting international exhibitors and visitors and management of the international hall. The show was also renamed as China International Optics Fair (CIOF) to show its prominence in the industry and the support from the associates local and worldwide. OIEC is veteran in organizing international exhibition and overseas promotion. With the join force of OIEC, China International Optics Fair (CIOF) has become one of the significant international optical events and well known in the world. Starting from 2001, the organizers resolved the national optical trade fair held every spring into an international optics exhibition, to be held in Shanghai, and named it as China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair (CIOF Shanghai). Both the CIOF and SIOF are now the biggest optical exhibitions in Asia in terms of exhibition area, number of exhibitors and leading brands on display.

China Light Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic & Technical Co-operation (CLETC) was set up in 1983. CLETC is a large state-owned foreign economic co-operation and trade enterprise approved by the State Council and registered at the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. CLETC is one of the organizers of CIOF and SIOF.

Established in 1985, China Optometric & Optical Association (COOA) is a national association with over 1,000 member companies composed of manufacturers, optometrists, traders, research institutes and education institutions of the industry. COOA is responsible to manage the development of the China's optical industry, entrusted by the Government. COOA is the organizer of CIOF, China International Optics Fair in Beijing every September and her sister fair, SIOF, China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair in Shanghai every February.